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China’s BRI in Different Regions of the World Cooperation, Contradictions and Concerns
China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) is completing a decade. There have been varied responses to the Initiative from countries and regions besides the emergence of alternative initiatives and narratives. This sets the stage for evaluating the robustness of the Initiative, its implementation as well as its implications from the perspective of individual countries and regions across the globe.
This book begins by examining China’s domestic, economic, maritime and strategic interests as drivers for the Initiative. BRI has been analysed in country-specific, regional and continental contexts. It brings out the experiences and responses from South Asia, Eurasia, East Asia, Southeast Asia, the Arab world, Latin America, the Caribbean as well as from Europe and Africa. Further, BRI has been studied in the larger context of the US-China competition. The final section explores BRI in the context of the twin challenges of recent times, i.e., the pandemic and Russia-Ukraine conflict. The book concludes with an epilogue which outlines the broad trends related to BRI that have emerged from this study of ICWA.
Foreword
Contributors
Introduction
part i
BRI: Thematic Perspectives
1. China’s BRI since 2013: Domestic Drivers, Conceptual Discourse and Policy Pronouncements
Sanjeev Kumar
2. Beijing’s Ambitious 21st Century Maritime Silk Road
Pragya Pandey
3. Economic Implications of BRI
Rahul Nath Choudhury
4. The United States and China: The Strategic Competition and Response
Stuti Banerjee and Ankita Dutta
part ii
BRI in South Asia
5. China-Pakistan Economic Corridor: Pursuing Agenda amid Conflict Situation
Dhrubajyoti Bhattacharjee
6. China and Bangladesh under the Rubric of BRI
Teshu Singh
7. BRI in Sri Lanka and Maldives: Economic, Political and Security Dynamics
Samatha Mallempati
8. China’s BRI in Nepal: Complexities and Concerns
Naresh Kumar B. K.
9. China, Afghanistan and BRI
Anwesha Ghosh
part iii
BRI in China’s Neighbouring Regions: Eurasia, East Asia, and Southeast Asia
10. China’s BRI and its Neo-mercantilist Approach in Central Asia
Punit Gaur
11. Russia-China Cooperation and the BRI
Himani Pant
12. Japan’s Approach to BRI: Between Cooperation and Competition
Jojin V. John
13. BRI: Responses from South Korea
Jojin V. John
14. China-Mongolia Relations and the Economic Corridor
Sudeep Kumar
15. Economic Statecraft through BRI in Southeast Asia
Temjenmeren Ao
part iv
BRI in Arab World
16. BRI and the WANA Region: An Assessment
Fazzur Rahman Siddiqui
17. BRI: An Era of New Arab-China Engagement
Arshad
part v
BRI in Continental Context: Europe, Africa and Latin America
18. BRI: Narratives and Counter-Narratives from Europe
Ankita Dutta
19. BRI in Africa: From Enthusiasm to Dilemma
Sankalp Gurjar
20. BRI in Latin America and Caribbean: Expectations and Challenges
Stuti Banerjee
part vi
BRI and Two Challenges of Recent Times
21. BRI: Challenges of Pandemic and Conflict
Athar Zafar
22. Epilogue: Regions and Reflections
Sanjeev Kumar
Index
Biography
Sanjeev Kumar is Senior Research Fellow at the Indian Council of World Affairs, New Delhi. He has been a Member and Coordinator of ICWA’s Core Group on China, and a Member of Vivekananda International Foundation’s China Experts Group. His research interests include: domestic dynamics of China, India-China relations, and China’s foreign and neighbourhood policy. Dr. Kumar has published research papers in reputed journals and contributed chapters in volumes published in India, China, and the US. His recent co-edited publications include China and the Eurasian Region: Geographic and Geopolitical Influences.
